Megan Doherty

Megan Doherty

Mr Canberra, Mr Fix It? Or just Mr Mackay?

Megan Doherty John Mackay is like one of those inflatable knock-down clowns that keeps bouncing back no matter how many times you push it over.

Like a bolt from the blue

Megan Doherty - Private Capital

Megan Doherty Bob Downe in a blue tie? Maybe blue tie-dye.

Ciaccia clan head online with cutting edge series

News. 
Axis Hairdressing in the city are making their own reality show to promote their salon. Here they shoot a scene with  Adam (hairdresser) and Gianna Ciacca with Kylie Lewis getting her hair done.
30 May 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson.
The Canberra Times.

rt130530Axis-0632.jpg

Megan Doherty They are a family exposing their - professional - lives before the cameras but don't dare call them the Kardashians.

Canberra company licensed for flying drones

Canadian-made DraganFlyX4P - unmanned aerial vehicle - which will be used by a Canberra company for commercial uses.

Megan Doherty A Canberra company is the first local operation to get approval to fly unmanned aerial vehicles or "drones" commercially.

Private Capital

Note to Giants: hands off Buddy

Megan Doherty - Private Capital

Megan Doherty Treasurer Andrew Barr has been keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of bad news this week.

$900,000 push to lift tourism

.

Megan Doherty Australian Capital Tourism is spending close to $1 million on a new campaign to get tourists to Canberra this winter.

Private Capital

Laurie flags retirement

NEWS:  TAMS supervisor Flags and Memorials , Laurie Corey, 61 will be retiring at the end of the year. 30th May 2013. Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times..

Megan Doherty After 24 years as Canberra’s flag man, Laurie Corey is retiring at the end of the year.

Parents do Million Paws Walk for Jamie-Leigh

Canberra woman and animal lover Jamie Lynch ?who was killed in a car accident in March. Her parents Sheila and Mark Lynch of Gordon are raising money in her honour for the Million Paws Walk for the RSPCA in Canberra this weekend. Their team is streaks ahead of anyone else, raising close to $10,000 so far.

Jamie Lynch.jpg

Megan Doherty Gordon couple Sheila and Markus Lynch lost their beloved younger daughter Jamie-Leigh just two months ago in a single-car accident.

QEII is a 'treasured' family anchor

News. 
Robyn Steele with her daughter and grand-daughter, Melissa and Ava Rath. Robyn and Melissa have both had help at QE2. 
17 May 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

rt130517QE2-6077.jpg

Megan Doherty QEII marks 50th anniversary

Cut-rate treatment for Canberra's little Champs-Elysees

Pedestrian access to Parliament House. pic shows the ramp to Parliament House from Commonwealth avenue.

Megan Doherty Bob Brown wanted a ''little Champs-Elysees'' - a walkway from Parliament House to Civic.

Comments 6

Canberra busker's secret weapon in quest to win The Voice

Canberra's Alex Gibson performing on the first live finals of The Voice this week. Pic supplied. With story by Megan Doherty-- 

Alex Gibson live finals.jpg

Megan Doherty Busker Alex Gibson not only has the support of his superstar coach Seal on The Voice - he also his gym plan.

Comments 10

A hi-tech way to lose those kilos

Megan Doherty - Private Capital

Megan Doherty RSPCA ACT chief executive officer Michael Linke is looking buff after losing 31 kilos in 15 months.

Public art: the private sector's gift with soul

News
airport's sculptor in residence Ante Dabro
24 May 2013
Photo Jay Cronan

Megan Doherty After the demise of the ACT government's public art scheme and as the debate about Skywhale continues, the private sector has been going it alone, quietly investing millions of dollars in public art...

Govt reduces blood test centres

News: Official opening of the Margaret Whitlam Pavilion at the National Arboretum, Canberra. ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher. 6th of May 2013. Canberra Times Photograph by Katherine Griffiths

Megan Doherty The ACT government is reducing the number of centres where blood tests can be performed in Canberra by two.

Bigger fonts for phonebooks

Anna Wellings Booth OAM, an O?Connor breast cancer survivor who created a popular rowing group to help women recovering from breast cancer, has been selected to appear on the cover of this year?s Canberra White Pages? and Yellow Pages? book.?

phone book.jpg

Megan Doherty Canberra's telephone book will revert to the old, bigger size and a larger font after complaints from readers.

Comments 3

Runaway lamb found three days after truck crash

News:  Injured sheep next to a truck that rolled over on Fairburn Avenue in Campbell.   26 April 2013 Canberra Times photo by Jeffrey Chan.

Megan Doherty That truck crash in Campbell last week in which scores of sheep were killed or escaped has had an amazing - and quite sad - postscript.

Ex-teacher risks arrest and being labelled a NIMBY

Weston resident, John Anderson on the bacony of his home. He has concerns about the height of the new electricity pole opposite his property, spoiling his hills vista.

Megan Doherty A 69-year-old retired school teacher risked arrest on Wednesday as he staged a sit-in in his quiet Weston street.

Comments 19

Determined Jason on long road to recovery

Megan Doherty THE IMAGE of Jayson Bush immobile in a back brace was a powerful reminder of the devastation that can be wrought by a workplace injury.

Sultan touches down in Canberra

News. 
Th Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, arrives to lunch at the Hyatt.
1 May 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

rt130501TheSultan-4087.jpg

Megan Doherty One of the world’s richest men, the Sultan of Brunei, has arrived in Canberra on Wednesday morning as part of a three day visit to Australia.

Easy parking? Not in this growing city

Jane Easthope is the new CEO of Canberra CBD limited in Civic, Canberra.

Megan Doherty Canberrans need to get used to the fact their city centre is growing up and getting a parking spot won't be as easy or as cheap any more, according to the head of a group charged with promoting the...